The Creation of Siculo-Norman Culture
Since the Normans stepped foot on the Italian Peninsula, the average individual living under Siculo-Norman rule seemed to adapt well to the change. For many, the average person living in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily was wealthier when compared to other ruling powers across the Mediterranean world. The languages of French, Latin, Greek, and Arabic flowed freely and interchangeably throughout education, market, and political centers throughout the kingdom. Trade networks across the Mediterranean were spread out like a web that led to the Norman city of Palermo. Goods and services of all kind could be acquired in Palermo thanks to these vast connections that began to cooperate together thanks to the diversity of bilingualism throughout the city. When compared to other multicultural and cross-cultural domains of the same time period, there doesn't seem to many others that compared to the successes of Norman Sicily and the development of Siculo-Norman culture.